2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-193 - Number of regular grand juries

19.2-193. Number of regular grand juries.

There shall be a regular grand jury at each term of the circuit court of eachcounty and city, unless the court, on the motion of the attorney for theCommonwealth or with his concurrence, finds that it is unnecessary orimpractical to impanel a grand jury for the particular term and enters anorder to that effect.

Whenever the number of cases to be considered by the grand jury at a giventerm is so great as to hamper the intelligent consideration thereof by asingle grand jury, the court may order two or more regular grand juries to beimpanelled to sit separately at the same or a different time during the term.

Whenever a regular grand jury has been discharged, the court, during theterm, may impanel another regular grand jury.

(Code 1950, 19.1-147; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)